LADY IN RED Where is Your Head?

<p> “Lady in RedWhere is Your Head?” by first-author Carolann deBellis tells the story of a woman who survived a brain injury and a coma after a car accident on an icy New Jersey Turnpike in 1987 when she was 34.<br />Carolann had it all the perfect life before the accident-a great job at a hot Philadelphia salon a passionate 12-year marriage and a wide circle of friends and family who marveled at her energy and infectious spirit.<br />Then in the aftermath of the near-death accident she lost it all-job husband and sense of self. After learning to walk talk and cut hair again she faced the life-long task of going beyond recovery beyond recreating the person she was before the accident to aspire for something better. Psychological counseling and the support of a loving circle of family and friends helped her to see that all was not perfect before the accident helped her redefine a new Carolann a work in progress who’s less self absorbed and more self aware less controlling and more open in her relationships with men in her life.<br />If it weren’t for the imperative painful job of remaking herself physically cognitively and emotionally from a child-like state after the accident Carolann might never have undertaken the intense personal journey that leads her today at 57 to say “I thank God my brain injury cured me.”<br />More than a conventional memoir or self-help guide “Lady in Red” stitches together Carolann’s own words a diary that her cousin Michael Biello wrote during her coma and rehabilitation hospital documents notes from nurses and visitors and Carolann’s collection of inspirational quotes.<br />“I wrote and rewrote this book over 20 years to help others who have suffered or know someone who has suffered a brain injury” Carolann says. Certainly those directly or indirectly affected by a traumatic brain injury will benefit from reading her book but so will anyone who believes it’s never too late to re-examine yourself and get to work making yourself a better person.<br /> </p><p><em>"with a closed-head injury that left her in a coma for ten days among </em><em>other injuries. She writes of the aftermath of her memoir Lady In Red Where Is Your </em><em>Head."</em></p><p><strong>- Blueink Review</strong></p><p><br /><em>"honesty sheds light on the harsh realities of </em><em>brain injuries and how a life can be forever changed."</em></p><p><strong><em> </em>-Foreword Reviews</strong></p><p><br /><em>"Both sources provide information about her progress and also illustrate how much her friends and family loved </em><em>and cared for"</em></p><p><strong>- Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p>